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On a single day in ‘Gunshot America,’ Colorado was hit twice...

When The Washington Post embarked on a major project to document every instance of gun violence on a single day in America, Colorado wound up the setting for two of...

Wiretap: Congress slaps Russia, Putin slaps back and where does it...

You may be old enough to remember when Vladimir Putin was Donald Trump's one true friend —you know, way back in early July during...

Littwin: The White House may be in crisis, but at least...

In case you missed it, everything just got worse. Much worse. In the latest round of stories fresh from the Times v. Post blockbuster exchange,...

Littwin: It’s wholly appropriate to wonder what Trump could possibly have...

It was the usual post-gaffe/scandal/outrage routine. Donald Trump does something indefensible and, in most cases, inexplicable. The White House rushes to settle on a...

A media s#!tstorm is brewing in Colorado Springs

  A swirl of local media news gathered all at once this week and headed for the fan blades just as I was finishing up this...

How a former Washington Post editor is trying Jeff Bezos magic...

For the hundreds of loyal readers of this humble newsletter I started a year ago, you had an early audience to the latest media news...

Last year’s JeffCo school board battle is the subject of a...

Who would spend $1 million in a school board race? Residents of Jefferson County, particularly those with school-aged children, are almost certainly familiar with how...

Wiretap: The face of the Bloomberg movement

The mega-millionaire has no idea how much of the world views him. That's why he doesn't understand that he can't be the face of the gun-control movement.

This week the Internet will be an Obamacare information jungle

It's a big week for Obamacare and the Internet is just beginning to bubble with the kind of material that will bring the whole network to a confusing rolling boil by Tuesday when the law's signature insurance exchanges are set to launch.

Jose Antonio Vargas loses his driver’s license, increasing risk of his...

When journalist Jose Antonio Vargas confessed to being undocumented in a piece for New York Times Magazine, he stated that he had obtained an Oregon driver’s license by using a fake Social Security card and proof of residency. However, his lawyer advised him not to include the fact that he had obtained a Washington state driver’s license after the Oregon one expired. That news broke soon after the story was published. Now, Vargas’ license has been cancelled by the Washington State Licensing Department, which cited Vargas’ lack of residence in the state as their reason for revoking his license.